About the Authors

Ghazi Kayali

ghazi-kayali@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Elie Barbour

Affiliation Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Ghassan Dbaibo

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Carelle Tabet

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Maya Saade

Affiliation Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Houssam A. Shaib

Affiliation Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Jennifer Debeauchamp

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard J. Webby

Affiliation Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK EB GD RJW. Performed the experiments: GK CT MS HAS JD. Analyzed the data: GK RJW. Wrote the paper: GK CT MS HAS JD.